282 SYLVIIDJE.

454. Phyllergates coronatus (Jerd. & BL). The Golden-headed

Warbler.

Orthotomus coronatus, Jerd. fy Bl., Jerd. B. 2nd. ii, p. 168; Hume,
Rough Draft N. $ JE. no. 531.

Dr. Jerdon says :—" A nest and eggs were brought to me, said to
be those of this bird. The nest was similar to that of the last [0.
sutorius], but not so carefully made; the leaves were loosely at-
tached, and with fewer stitches. The eggs were two in number,
white, with rusty spots."

455. Horeites brunneifrons, Hodgs. The Rufous-capped

Bush-Warbler.
Horeites brunneifrons, Hodgs., Jerd. B. Ind. ii, p. 163.

The egg is a rather broad oval, a good deal pointed towards the
small end; the shell is pretty stout for the size of the egg, and is
entirely devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is a pale drabby stone-
colour, and all about the large end is a broad dense zone of dull
brownish purple. The zone consists of a nearly confluent mass of
extremely minute ill-defined speckles, and outside the zone similar
speckles and tiny spots occur, though nowhere very noticeable unless
closely examined.

Two eggs of this species were brought from Native Sikhim, to-
gether with one of the parent birds; they are regular ovals, slightly
pointed towards the small end.

The ground-colour is dull, glossless, pinky white; the markings
consist chiefly of a broad ill-defined zone of dull dark purple; the
other parts of the egg are sparingly, but pretty evenly speckled
and spotted with pale purple.

The eggs measure 0*66 by 0-49 and 0-64 by 0-48*.

458. Suya crinigera, Hodgs. Tfie Brown Hill-Warbler.

Suva criniger. Kodgs.. Jerd. B. Ind. ii.p. 183 ; Hume, Rough Draft
N. $ E. no. 547.

The Brown Hill-Warbler breeds throughout the Himalayas, at
elevations of from 2000 to 6000 feet, at any rate from Sikhim,
where it is comparatively rare, to the borders of Afghanistan.

The breeding-season lasts from the beginning of May until the
middle of July, but the majority of the birds lay during May.
• A nest which I took at Dilloo, in the Kangra Valley, on the
26th May, was situated near the base of a low bush on the side of
a steep hill; it was placed in the fork of several twigs near the
centre of the bush, about 2 feet from the ground. It was an

* I cannot find any note about the nest of this species amongst Mr. Hume's
papers. There is nothing beyond the above two notes on the eggs.—ED.